THE LANGUAGE HUB
  • Home
  • About us
  • Italian
    • Adult group classes >
      • Beginners
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • Italian timetable term 1
    • Private tuition
    • Kids classes
    • Tutoring - HSC - IB
  • French
    • Adult group classes >
      • Beginners
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • French timetable term 1
    • Private tuition
    • Kids classes
    • Tutoring - HSC - IB
  • Spanish
    • Adult group classes >
      • Beginners
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • Spanish timetable term 1
    • Kids classes
    • Private tuition
    • Tutoring - HSC - IB
  • Portuguese
    • Group classes
    • Kids classes
    • 1 on 1 classes
  • Enrol
    • Enrolment form Adults
    • Enrolment form kids
    • Enrolment form - High school students
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Payment
  • Contact
  • Reviews
  • Store
  • Home
  • About us
  • Italian
    • Adult group classes >
      • Beginners
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • Italian timetable term 1
    • Private tuition
    • Kids classes
    • Tutoring - HSC - IB
  • French
    • Adult group classes >
      • Beginners
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • French timetable term 1
    • Private tuition
    • Kids classes
    • Tutoring - HSC - IB
  • Spanish
    • Adult group classes >
      • Beginners
      • Intermediate
      • Advanced
      • Spanish timetable term 1
    • Kids classes
    • Private tuition
    • Tutoring - HSC - IB
  • Portuguese
    • Group classes
    • Kids classes
    • 1 on 1 classes
  • Enrol
    • Enrolment form Adults
    • Enrolment form kids
    • Enrolment form - High school students
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Payment
  • Contact
  • Reviews
  • Store
Search by typing & pressing enter

YOUR CART

8/12/2014 0 Comments

GRAMMAR: LES ARTICLES

DEFINITE ARTICLE
The French definite article corresponds to "the" in English.
The definite article indicates a specific noun.
There are four forms of the French definite article:


1. LE     masculine singular
le livre, le téléphone

2. LA     feminine singular
la chaise, la vie

3. L'     m or f in front of a vowel
l’aubergine, l’amour

4. LES     m or f plural
les livres, les chaises


Which definite article to use depends on three things: the noun's gender, number, and first letter:

  • If the noun is plural, use les
  • If it's a singular noun starting with a vowel use l'
  • If it's singular and starts with a consonant, use le for a masculine noun and la for a feminine noun
 

INDEFINITE ARTICLES
The singular indefinite articles in French correspond to "a," "an," or "one" in English, while the plural corresponds to "some." The indefinite article usually refers to an unspecified person or thing.


1. UN     masculine
un livre, un oiseau

2. UNE     feminine
une chaise, une actrice

3. DES     m or f plural
des livres, des chaises

0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    March 2014
    December 2013
    March 2013
    November 2012
    March 2012
    January 2011
    December 2010

    Categories

    All Christmas In France - Le Noel Cities French Grammar French Language History Funny Prhases Interesting Stuff Music Top Ten French Songs Of The Moment

    RSS Feed

    ABN  82 796 016 299
© The Language Hub. All rights reserved